The Cecil Whig., 1887-12-03
iesal Department.


town, is seriously i'll. He is suffering from
hemorrhages and rheumatism.
Miss May Miller, near E'kton, is visit
ing her brother, Harry Miller, of the tirm
of Miller & jenkins. plumbers, Whining
ton.
MIR. c. NJ Touchstone, formerly of Port
Deposit, but more recently OF Ciaynont,
Del, has been appointed night operation at
Bellevue and has removed his family to that
place.
The winter session of the Friends Sc
lect school, at Brick Meeting House, opened
on Monday with Miss Florence Dance,
fifty names on the roll.
-Rev j. r. Kendall of Lincoln Univer
sity, Oxford Pa, will preech at the Etkton
Presbyterian Church on Sunday next,
morning and evening, aud celebrate the
communion OF the l. ord's Supper at the
morning service
MIR. H. c. Hnrn, of this town, has been
aruointed gent for the Farmers Mutual
successor of the late f. A. Ellis, E~q. The
company is one of the leading corporations
of the kind or the Peninsula.
Col. Robert Hougn, secretary Of the
Talbot Fair Association, well As secretary
of the Maryland and Delaware circuit, will
sell all his iue hlooded horses and cattle on
December Sth. preparatory to removing
from Talbot county next spring.
John H. Blades, of Pncomoke City,
Md, was married Oh Saturday last at the
residence OF the brides parents, i'll Port De-
posit, to Miss Lolo NJ. MITCHELL of that
place The Rev. Mr.. Blades, of Pocomoke
City, brother of the groom, ot1ciated.
Owing to the pressure of business and
work increasing greatly of late at the Natio-
ral Bauk of Rising Sun on Monday morn
ing, the discount days, which have prevf
ously been at that time, has been changed
to Wednesdays at 10 A. NJ. The change
took effect DeceIn ber lst.
Mrs. Mary A. Alrich the venerable
and nightly esteemed mother of Mr.. Samuel
Alrch, IA well-known merchant OF Glasgow,
died AT the residence of her son on Satur-
day evening last, i'll her S3i year. Her fun
eral took place on Monday afternoon, inter
ment in Glasgow Presbyterian cemetery.
Examination OF the record of marriage
licences granted shows that only fourteen
licenses We're issued in November. ten less
than during the same month last year.
Eleven of the licences were granted to white
couples aud three to cololed. In October
twenty-five licenses were granted, nineteen
to white and three to colored couples.
Mrs. Rosanna Walton, the aged mother
of Mr. Charles Walton, well known far
mer residing at Iron Hill, died on Saturday
last at the residence of her sister on Cleve-
land avenue, Newark. The deceased had
been mem Der OF the Newark NJ. + Church
for fifty years. The funeral services were
conducted in that church at , p. M on Mon
day, and were largely attended. InterInent
took place in the NJ. f. cemetery.
The report was current III Elkton last
veek that John Reardon, son of the late
John Reardon. former carriage builder
OF tDlS UOWn, anu ult1lSell IOF many months
a resident of Ibis county, had been arrested
in Pennsylvania on the charge of passing
counterfeit money. Ex-Sheritf Boulden,
who knew Reardon, Went to the Jail the
other day and found that it was another
party bearing the same name that had been
arrested.
James Sanues, a colored nan residing
with Captain Washington Hot, of Elk
Neck, was, this week, arrested aad brought
before Magistrate A. j. Scott being charged,
On the oath of Charles Fronk, IA young
white man, with assaulting him. Although
it was in evidence that Salnuels had struck
Frouk. the magistrate, after hearing all the
facts, thought the Case was not of sufficient
Importance to hold for court and dismissed
the charge.
On Wednesday night, of last week, tho
frame house, near Zion, belonging to Har-
vey Reeder, and occupied by Wm. Hall and
wife. was destroyed by fire with most of
its contents. One hundred. dollars which
Mr.. Hall had received for hay but a short
time before, was burned up. Mr.. and Mrs.
H all escaped in their mig ht- clothes by jump
ing out on a bed they threw on the ground
The fire is supposed to have originated from
a stove on the first floor.
"A number OF properties in the Fourth
dstrct have recently been improved JOS
Scarborough has built addition to his
house, put up new porches and slate roofs
and thus enhanced the condition Of his fine
residence. G. Il. Biles has a new wind en-
gine and has painted his large barn which
adds greatly to the appearance of his at
tractive home. Frank Mickey has built a
new barn and he expects to erect new
house i'll the near future. From his resi-
dence one can obtain fine views of 1he sur
rounding country, which is "a model farm
ing region.
Persons directing letters to Elktun or
sending goods here by express otherwise
should write Maryland ont in full and not
abreviate 1t to Md, if they want to be as
sureci Of the article reaching its destination.
A merchant informed us tins week that lie
received recently letter winch WAS dated
about a month before. PostmArks showed
that it had b!en to Etktou, Mo, Eikton
Ind, and other places before it reached the
person to whom it was directed. The same
person having ordered somr goods from a
Philadelphia firm, and failing to receive
them for many days, wrote TO the firm ask
ing the Cause of the delay, and found that
the goods had been taken to Ekton, Ind
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tion resolved at It's annual session in Jan
uary last, that on account of the inclement
weather usually prevailing i'll that month
and closing navigation, its next meeting
should he held Iii thH city of b fillmore, on
Wednesday, December 7th, 1887 to which
date the called meeting of SepterAbor 14th
also adjourned. meeting will therefore
be held on that day, commencing at II A.
NJ, in Coucordia Hall, South Eutaw street,
one block from Baltimore street As the
constitution of the Association makes pro-
vision tor the election of delegates and mem
bers only in January of each year. there
will be no change in the composition of the
body, except to supply any vacancies ex-
listing. All persons Interested In the objects
of the Association are invited to attend
The usual arrangements for reduced fares
on the several railroad and steam boat lines
will be made. Those desiring orders for ex-
cursion tickets on the raj roads sh ould apply
by mail to the secretary, William b. Sands,
224 Il. Baltimore street. Baltimore